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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-40-2023

Totally Hot NI recalls Carolyn Stewart’s ‘Turn Up the Flavour’ Chicken and ‘Turn Up the Flavour’ Beef Jamaican Patty Cakes because of undeclared soya

Act if you are allergic to soya

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to soya. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Carolyn Stewart’s ‘Turn Up the Flavour’ Jamaican Patty – Chicken

Pack size: All pack sizes (Single and Mini)
Batch code
All batch codes
Best before
All dates up to 23 October 2023

Carolyn Stewart’s ‘Turn Up the Flavour’ Jamaican Patty – Beef

Pack size: All pack sizes (Single and Mini)
Batch code
All batch codes
Best before
All dates up to 23 October 2023

The latest affected best-before date was 23 October 2023, which has passed. Recalled products can still be in cupboards and freezers, so check any you have at home.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above products and have an allergy to soya, do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Soya

These products contain soya making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

Details from the notice

Totally Hot NI is recalling Carolyn Stewart’s ‘Turn Up the Flavour’ Chicken and ‘Turn up the Flavour’ Beef Jamaican Patty Cakes because they contain soya which is not mentioned on the labels. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.

What the business is doing

Totally Hot NI is recalling the above products from customers and has been advised to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. The company has also issued a point-of-sale notice to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: Northern Ireland.

How this recall compares

  • Undeclared soya is behind 112 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 3rd most common allergen. All soya allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.